Wow! It's been 4 years already. We're now at the big stakes election four years after Barack Obama won the bid for the nation's highest elected office and became the first Black President of the United States of America. But was anyone watching last night's first presidential debate? I think it's safe to say Mitt took it just by being aggressive, appearing as a statesman and knowing his stuff.
My beloved President was more reactive than proactive and should've attacked Mitt more and stopped him from interrupting him every 10 minutes. It wasn't a good look. He's just not an aggressive guy and seems to not know he's in the fight for his political life. If he'd just throw a jab or a hook this would be all over because we know Mitt isn't that bright a guy inspite of his wealth and having served as Governor of Massachusettes. President Obama has the intellect to run circles around him but quite frankly has no good old fashioned "grit" to go toe-to-toe with a half wit who keeps interrupting him.
But it revealed something I've suspected for a minute, his campaign is weak. It's only because Romney is so stupid to say the things he's said on a hot mike that's cost him some points in key states. But if he hadn't, the race would be neck-in-neck. Taking advantage of Romney's misfortune doesn't mean he's been leading a strong campaign reminding us of his accomplishments and plans for the future.
The Obama campaign didn't seem strong until the famous "47%" rantings and that fact is starting to show. He may have become a little too comfy with his marginal lead in the key swing states, and I say marginal because when you're a black man in a political fight with a wealthy white guy you always have a marginal lead no matter what the polls say. Hopefully he'll get his sleeves rolled up and get ready for round two and throw a decent punch.
